Swahili
elfeen
el-FEEN
How to say it
Swahilielfeenel-FEENsoon
Englishtwo thousandsoon
Frenchdeux millesoon
Meaning
two thousand, an archaic numeral form.
Good to know
related to elfu (thousand); elfu elfu means an immense, uncountable number.
Examples
- Alilipa elfeen kwa ajili ya nyumba hiyo.He paid two thousand for that house.
- Watu elfeen walihudhuria mkutano huo.Two thousand people attended that meeting.
- Je, bei ni elfeen halisi?Is the price exactly two thousand?
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